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By Robert D. Thomas
Music Critic
Pasadena Star-News/San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Whittier Daily
Pasadena Symphony; Nicholas
McGegan, conductor
Mendelssohn: The Fair
Melusina Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Nareh
Arghamanayan, pianist)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica).
Saturday, March 31, 2012 Ambassador Auditorium
Next performance: April 28 (NOTE: This is a change from the original review.)
Information: www.pasadenasymphony-pops.org
Pianist Nareh Arghamanayan, conductor Nicholas McGegan, and
the Pasadena Symphony rehearse Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 for their
concerts yesterday.
For more than a quarter-century, Nicholas McGegan has made
an international reputation as a Baroque music specialist, primarily through
leading his San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. However, in
recent years McGegan (now age 62) has broadened his repertoire and the Pasadena
Symphony grabbed the opportunity to add him to its schedule of guest conductors
for both this season and next.
McGegan is a compact perpetual bundle of energy on the
podium with a seemingly unending smile (even when a cell phone went off between
movements of Beethoven's Eroica
Symphony, McGegan merely looked over at the offending holder and smiled until
the phone was turned off).
He conducts without a baton and clearly telegraphs his
intentions not only to the musicians but also to the audience. He also seated
the orchestra in an unconventional manner (for the PSO, at any rate), with the
violins divided left and right, the cellos and basses to the left and the
timpani perched on a platform to the right of the orchestra.
However, the key questions about any conductor are (a) how
does the music sound? and (b) how well does the orchestra play? Both answers
were strongly affirmative in yesterday afternoon's performance (the concert
repeated last night). McGegan shapes phrases lovingly and elicits rhythmic
precision when it is called for. The orchestra responded as if McGegan was a
familiar presence; overall this was a scintillating afternoon of music making.
A major portion of the enjoyment came courtesy of young
Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanayan, who was an elegant soloist in Mozart's
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466. Wearing a wine-colored gown, she
bobbed and swayed to the music to get in the mood even when she wasn't playing.
When she was in the spotlight, she produced a silken tone, punctuated by occasional
sharp attacks, and a carefully thought-out concept of this familiar, albeit
somewhat dark work, one of just two (out of 27) piano concerti that Mozart
wrote in a minor key. Winner of the 2008 Montreal International Piano
Competition, she is a name to remember. McGegan and the ensemble accompanied
After intermission, McGegan led a buoyant performance of
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (Eroica). At
46 minutes long, the tempos were brisk but they didn't seem rushed. The
orchestra (which numbered about 50, the size that Beethoven reportedly assembled
for the work's premiere) was led by its winds (notably Principal Oboist Lara
Wickes) and played expertly. The members seem to relish exploring and meeting
the challenges that come with having a different conductor for each program.
The afternoon opened with a rarity: Mendelssohn's The Fair Melusina Overture, which has
unmistakable overtones of the composer's two previous efforts in the
concert-overture genre: Calm Sea and
Prosperous Voyage and The Hebrides, most
notably in their allusions to the rolling sea. McGegan and Co. played it with
considerable panache. At the end, McGegan beamed — as he did all afternoon.
The PSO placed flowers on the seats of those subscribers
who have renewed for the 2012-2013 season. It was a nice touch and also a way
to remind others to either renew or become season-ticket holders.
The season's final concert on May 15 will see James
DePreist, who has served as the PSO's music advisor since Jorge Mester departed
as music director two years ago, leading a program of Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Wagner's Gtterdmerung, Dvorak's Symphony No. 8,
and Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, with
Christine Brewer as soloist.
When McGegan appears next season on Feb. 9, his program
will pair Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (with the PSO's Principal Clarinet Donald
Foster as soloist) with Mahler's Symphony No. 4. McGegan will be one of two
conductors repeating from this season (the other is Mei-Ann Chen, who will open
next season on Oct. 6).
(c) Copyright 2012, Robert D. Thomas. All rights reserved.
Portions may be quoted with attribution.


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George W. Bush, Head of the American Dominionist Church/State
This is one of the most frightening, incredible, scholarly articles I have ever read about George Bush and the Dominionist religious movement to which he and much of the GOP apparently belong. If you're not entirely clear on why this administration seems so bent on destroying the walls between church and state, or how "compassionate conservatism" should look so much like Machiavellianism in practice, you should definitely read this article. It explains so much of the underlying motivations of the whole religious right, in fact, that I'd go so far as to call it required reading.
Here's a small excerpt:
Dominionists have gained extensive control of the Republican Party and the apparatus of government throughout the United States; they continue to operate secretly. Their agenda to undermine all government social programs that assist the poor, the sick, and the elderly is ingeniously disguised under false labels that confuse voters. Nevertheless, as we shall see, Dominionism maintains the necessity of laissez-faire economics, requiring that people "look to God and not to government for help."[13]
It is estimated that thirty-five million Americans who call themselves Christian, adhere to Dominionism in the United States, but most of these people appear to be ignorant of the heretical nature of their beliefs and the seditious nature of their political goals. So successfully have the televangelists and churches inculcated the idea of the existence of an outside "enemy," which is attacking Christianity, that millions of people have perceived themselves rightfully overthrowing an imaginary evil anti-Christian conspiratorial secular society.
When one examines the progress of its agenda, one sees that Dominionism has met its time table: the complete takeover of the American government was predicted to occur by 2004.[14] Unless the American people reject the GOP's control of the government, Americans may find themselves living in a theocracy that has already spelled out its intentions to change every aspect of American life including its cultural life, its Constitution and its laws.
And this quote, taken from Machiavelli himself, is chilling:
"Let a prince therefore aim at conquering and maintaining the state, and the means will always be judged honourable and praised by every one, for the vulgar is always taken by appearances and the issue of the event; and the world consists only of the vulgar, and the few who are not vulgar are isolated when the many have a rallying point in the prince."
The Despoiling of America
How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State
By Katherine Yurica
February 11, 2004


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This time, let's learn the lesson
Since John Kerry has been on a "tour of duty" pushing the administration's policy concerning Syria for almost two weeks now, do you suppose he's going to put in for another Purple Heart? Before you discard the idea out of hand, don't forget, he verbally shot himself in the foot the other day. Then again, as I recall, the Purple Heart isn't supposed to be awarded for self inflicted wounds. Or for that matter fictional ones either. Not that either of those conditions would necessarily stop John Kerry from applying for a Purple Heart. Hey, maybe we can get John Kerry to ride a swift boat across the Eastern section of the Mediterranean to the shores of Syria where he can get out of the boat, stand at attention, salute, and say "I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty". Moving on to other things, unfortunately, we've had another mass shooting here in the United States. At the time of this writing, details are still sketchy, but reporting so far mentions a lone shooter armed with some combination of pistol, shotgun, and AR-15, or all three. I'm sure we'll get more details over the next few days, and I'm equally sure if there was an AR-15 involved that name will be mostly dropped in favor of the term "assault rifle". If he didn't use an AR-15, the press will fail to retract their original statements saying one was used. Depending on the type of shotgun used, if it was, that may become an "urban assault weapon".While I don't know the motivation of the shooter, and since he was killed we may never really know, this attack has a lot of resemblance to what happened at Fort Hood nearly four years ago (at least, since this shooter was killed, we won't have to put up with years of foot dragging leading up to a ridiculous show trial). In both cases, an armed lunatic brought a weapon onto a military base and was able to shoot a lot of people before being brought down by the very few people who are allowed to have weapons on a military installation. Since the reason the different branches of the military exist is to kill people and break things through force of arms, I'm a little puzzled. Why can one person with a rifle, shotgun, or handgun basically run amuck on American military bases, shooting and killing at will, until a few scattered armed people can get together and put a stop to it? Granted, a lot of the focus of the U.S. Navy is centered around using long distance weapons and not personal fire arms. However, if we can trust naval personnel with five inch guns, missiles, torpedoes, armed fighter aircraft, and etc., surely they are trustworthy enough to be allowed to carry weapons on a military base. Naturally, if you think about this enough, since the infantry is indeed trained to kill people with personal weapons, it makes even less sense that the soldiers at Fort Hood TX were unarmed and totally defenseless. We don't just allow, but command these people to carry and use rifles and handguns when they are deployed, yet we won't allow them the opportunity to protect themselves when they are going about their duties in the United States itself. Since it's twice been proven that the policies in place to keep deranged shooters from getting on base don't always work, that's a big, glaring, deficiency. Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking on the people working perimeter security at these installations. I think if people are determined enough to smuggle weapons onto base, occasionally one is going to get through security no matter how well trained and dedicated the guards at the entry points might be.My prediction in the aftermath of the latest horrific mass shooting is that the administration and the left are going to call for more gun control to curb "gun violence". Well, I'm sure interested in improving the safety of our soldiers on military bases, or for that matter all U.S. citizens throughout the country. The difference is that unlike the people on the left, I have picked up on the fact that mass shootings tend to take place in gun free zones, or barring that, places where the number of armed people is kept to a very select, minimal number. In fact, judging by the number of armed guards surrounding our government officials, it would seem that at least a few people in the higher echelons of government security have some grasp of the concept of real security. Too bad those people, whoever they are, don't seem to be in charge of seeing that military bases, or apparently for that matter elementary schools, are safe. I wonder what the head of the Secret Service would say if The Barack told her that all of the agents on his protective detail should disarm and the White House needed to be made into a gun free zone to make things safer. Don't laugh, it's already been turned into a common sense free zone, and for that matter, also a tourist free zone.At the end of the day, I have to wonder why the very people we put in charge of our national security aren't allowed to look after their own, personal security when many of them have received intensive training in just that. Sadly, I'm pretty sure we are going to go through another round of the left trying to push through more gun control when what we really should be discussing is the inherent hazard posed by both gun free zones, and restricting the ability of qualified, competent, and law abiding people to defend themselves and others.Finally, I would like to close with this: we should, and hopefully will, lend assistance and aid to the wounded, and the survivors of the fallen in this latest horrific attack. My thoughts and prayers are with them. Additionally, we owe it to those same people to deal with the conditions, as best we can, that led to such a large number of unnecessary deaths. Since I seriously doubt we are going to be able to legislate sanity, my suggestion is we allow people who are perfectly capable and willing to protect themselves, and just as importantly, others, to do so.Bruce Kreitler is the author of Obamageddon (the Culmination of the Progressive Looting of America) and posts this and other articles at BruceKreitler.com.


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Glorifying the Archaic
Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy
With the publication in 1903 of Diehl's collection of the pre-Socratics, an idea of the independent grandeur of the "archaic" period of Greek literature (ca. 650-450 BC), distinct both from the epic period of Homer and Hesiod and from the classical age, came into its own. The archaic age of Sappho, Pindar, and Archilochus was not only recognized as a distinct tradition but was thought to represent particular and admirable values in art, literature, and philosophy. It was also at the turn of the century that archaic sculpture was appreciated for the first time and the reputations of classical sculptors like Phidias (fifth century) and naturalist sculptors like Praxiteles (fourth century) suffered a commensurate decline.
Hermann Fränkel, professor of Classics at Stanford since 1935, partly shares this view of the archaic age and has given it new significance. When his Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy was first published in German by the American Philological Association in 1951, it was immediately admired by classical scholars. (The recent English translation was Moses Hadas's last project before his death.) Fränkel's book has been considered important not only because he was able to make a continuous narrative from the fragmentary record of the archaic period but because he claimed to have discovered in it a consistent pattern of thought.
The archaic period in his view was marked by an unsentimental realism, in contrast to the "romanticism" of the epic period. While in the Iliad man is "completely part of his world," the archaic poets, Fränkel believes, discovered "the inwardness of personal life." But Fränkel intends to do more than prove the separateness of epic and archaic thought. He admires archaic values. "The literary monuments of the archaic age," he writes, "have revealed to us a mode of being that is in its own way complete and which is able to give meaning to man's living and dying. It is one of the noblest primal images and patterns of humanity that are known to us."
The heart of Fränkel's book is an analysis of lyric poetry from Archilochus to Pindar and of philosophy from Thales to Heraclitus. While by no means neglecting them, he discusses Hesiod and Homer mainly as they represent ideas different from those of the archaic poets and philosophers—that is, as evidence of the discontinuity he is proposing. The ancients spoke of Homer as "the poet." Fränkel would claim that title for Pindar, who wrote "autonomous poetry," as vivid as life itself and more satisfying. To Fränkel Pindar is the consummation of archaic art, and proof of the discontinuity between the archaic and classical mentality, since hardly any of the values that Pindar stood for survived him. After him, Fränkel writes, "a whole age became dumb."
Fränkel has by no means written a conventional history of early Greek literature. Aeschylus, Pindar's contemporary, is left out and Bacchylides receives only cursory attention because of Fränkel's overriding concern with his thesis: that the archaic period of Greece must be understood on its own…
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Baucus a Longtime Proponent of China Trade Ties
By Ian Talley and William Mauldin
WASHINGTON—For nearly three decades Senator Max Baucus (D., Mont.), soon to be tapped by the White House as the next U.S. envoy to China, has been one of Congress's most vocal advocates for opening up trade relations with China.
To be sure, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over trade issues, has salted his China advocacy with criticism of the country's economic and human-rights policies. But Mr. Baucus was one of the first U.S. lawmakers to push for normalized trade relations with China, was the chief backer for Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization, and was among those who opposed 1992 legislation that would have imposed tough conditions on renewing the country's "most favored nation" trade status after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
And while he has been critical of China's exchange rate policies, he hasn't proven to be a currency hawk in Congress, another fact that could put him in good graces with Chinese officials.
In a 2002 speech calling for China's entry into the WTO, Mr. Baucus said that extending permanent normal trade relations to China was essential for "developing an environment between our two countries where we can productively engage China in significant security, regional and global discussions."
"These are not Democratic issues. These are not Republican issues. These are national issues. Passage of [Permanent Normal Trade Relations] is a first step, and it is critical to America's national economic and security interests," he said.
The pending nomination of Mr. Baucus, who has been either the chairman or ranking member of the Senate panel since 2001, underscores Washington's relationship priority with the world's second largest economy.
The administration hopes that enmeshing China further into the global economy will temper the transition of the country as it evolves from a developing country into a world power, helping to prevent escalation of security tensions in the region.
"He knows an enormous amount about the trade and financial issues that are a key part of our relationship with China," said Robert Hormats, vice chairman of the Kissinger Associates consultancy and former U.S. undersecretary of state for economic affairs.
Mr. Baucus was also a backer earlier this year of restarting stalled negotiation to reach an investment treaty that could significantly expand business opportunities for both countries. U.S. firms are eager to tap China's 1.3 billion consumers, particularly as they move into the middle class and their purchasing power swells, and China wants greater access to American markets.
The Cato Institute, a think tank that advocates for the elimination of global trade barriers, rates Mr. Baucus as a strong "internationalist."
"He's a free-trader," said Dan Ikenson, head of Cato's trade studies center, though "he's very big on subsidies" for U.S. firms.
One major trade interest for the Montana senator, Mr. Ikenson said, has been cattle and beef, a big industry for the state and significant export to China.
China's economic expansion has caused major trade frictions with the U.S. as American firms have had to compete against companies that are given broad financial backing from the government. America's annual trade deficit with the country is worth roughly $300 billion and appears to be expanding, not shrinking. The U.S. has also brought a number of cases against China over World Trade Organization rules. On Tuesday, a U.S. commission moved to extend punitive duties on the import of hot-rolled steel from China and other countries.
While U.S. firms have a raft of concerns about China's property right protections, government subsidies for state-owned firms and other barriers to free trade, Beijing's currency policy has been the primary focus of criticism. Holding down the value of the yuan, U.S. officials and firms complain, ensures Chinese products are less expensive to produce and more attractively priced in the global market.
Mr. Baucus has voted for several different bills in the past ten years that have targeted China's currency policy as damaging to U.S. exports. But he wasn't a cosponsor of the legislation, and economists say none of the legislation would have forced the administration to actually apply sanctions against Beijing, giving both China and the White House plenty of wiggle room to avoid having to apply penalties.
Mr. Hormats said Mr. Baucus could also help calm Chinese fears about budget fights in Washington that have forced government shutdowns and raised fears of a spike in U.S. borrowing costs that would send financial shockwaves around the global economy.
"He can also help interpret what's going on in Washington to Chinese officials, especially on fiscal impasses," Mr. Hormats said. With China being the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, "they find it puzzling and very troubling," he said.


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Name: Alexandra Rubiano
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Archbishop Molloy girls varsity swimming co-captain Alexandra Rubiano is an outstanding student and athlete. Rubiano has been a major reason her team was able to win consecutive GCHSAA Division A swimming championships, during back-to-back undefeated seasons. Rubiano was awarded the league's Outstanding Career Swimmer award as top senior swimmer. Rubiano holds the school's record for the 200 yard individual medley and the 100 yard butterfly. Besides her high school team, Rubiano is also part of the LaGuardia Twisters, an independent swimming organization. Out of the pool, Rubiano maintains a 90 average at Molloy and is part of the school's Asian Club and environmental advocacy group, I A.M. Green. In I A.M. Green, she helps the school recycle and participates in an annual clean up at Rockaway Beach. Rubiano has also been in the school band for three years, playing the flute. She dreams of majoring in physical therapy at Hunter College, where she hopes to join the swim team.
When did you start swimming?
"I learned how to swim [when] I was two and have been on the team (LaGuardia Twisters) since six. I didn't start competing until I was eight."
What has motivated you?
"I have to say pressure is a major factor. You always have to push yourself to be better."
What have you learned by being a leader?
"I've gained a lot of experience in being a leader that I didn't have before. I have learned to communicate better with others and be more open. I hope to bring that to college."
How does it feel to graduate, having won two championships?
"It's pretty amazing. I remember I finished my last event and I came out of the water and I said to another of the co-captains that this was our last high school race. It just felt great over all."
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UK Digital Market Overview May 2014
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The Total Digital Population (TDP) remained static at 48.2m people, with access via mobile devices increasing +12% month-on-month.
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What?, who?
Okay, for those whose heads were deep in the sand, this is the name of the poor bloke who overturned Tunisia by setting
himself on fire
. By himself the fella just wanted to earn some modest living having to stop his studies to feed his family(
Since late Dec, protests were going on and on in the country. At first usual suspects were rounded up and shot, it wasn't enough, protest were not ideological but based on food/money, so they started spreading further and further into the country. Police repression was (still is apparently) constant, armed forces were lot more reluctant (this was important as it prevented a bloodier repression and forced Ben Ali's hand). Internet played a huge part too, my own view is the power that be lacked sufficient resources to prevent it, as other countries (ex: China) can lock out communication as required. Foreign powers kept out of the issue; supporting Ben Ali would have created too much local unrest (ex: there are about 600.000 in Europe(
link in French
supporting the uprising would mean cutting privileged connections with Tunisian ruling class, friend for some...The downfall will be interesting.
Back to our story.
Yesterday, following the footsteps of great leaders like Nicolae Causcecu, former pres. Ben Ali decided it was time to leave the country.
Now what?.
And the reason for the head in the sand comment.
Out of all North African countries, Tunisia differs mostly given its average level of education and it's apparent distaste of religious fundies (for now). Ignoring the whole matter is of course out of question, having a blunt hand into that country's future course can backfire tenfold. IMHO, it's too early to tell, even if signs shows the country will settle down democratically after a while.
A very interesting side effect will be how other countries will react to internet' use to forment unrest and revolt, thinking Egypt and Algeria who ruling class is as old as Ben Ali. And should those countries fall down, it's a lot more likely that the upcoming regime will be fundamentalist leaning, or at least very religious.
Last but not least is the overhaul in the way western countries will react or even support current Mediterranean regimes whose main claim to authority be 'it's us or it's teh fundies'..
We're living in interesting times.
Most of the links I'm finding to support this are in French, pity.
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Al Jazeera has been on this since the beginning, unsurprisingly. Maybe they have something interesting?
I'm not overly optimistic, anyway. Ben Ali left the country, but one of his associates took over and the violence didn't stop. Short of a few small freedoms, I could easily see the dictatorship surviving.
But hey, maybe not, eh?
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but perhaps too optimistic commentary. I'd be more cautious, and wait until the dust settles.
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What was it like, do you think? When she was going to shock therapy every three days, undoubtedly driven by her father or her sister, then escorted home to…what? Nap on the couch? A little TV with the nieces? Was she back to normal the next day?
I can't picture Carrie then, because I believe we're just beginning to get pictures of the "real" Carrie now. I don't know what kind of medications (if any) are keeping her even keel, but I look at her and I think this is probably how she got to be great. This Carrie is cautious, because she's just barely back in the fold (a moment which I thought was a touch underplayed) and watching her every move, but also completely in her element. When Carrie turns around after Brody calls her name outside Langley, for example, she says "Oh, hi" a little too quickly and with a bit too little surprise. You could call it bad acting, or Danes playing Carrie having a little bit of a slip. But her smile afterwards tells me it was a calculated slip, to tell Brody she did see him, wasn't going to talk to him. Planting the seeds of his uneasiness. I love her.
In fact, Carrie was a lot of things last night, but uncomfortable didn't seem to be one of them. Officious dick David Quinn should have annoyed her – maybe was trying his best, even – but how can an annoying coworker possibly dampen the headiness of getting too close? Every moment of them together – from her defensive "Who are you f*cking" to bantering about Greek food, of all damn things – she was back, so why, how, could she complain? She couldn't. She didn't. She swung Virgil right back into service and he was happy to be there. It's not spoken, but you get the idea he'd do anything for Carrie. Of course he would.
In a way, all these characters want to be Carrie. They want the conviction and the focus that she has. Look at David Estes. I love how he rolls his eyes at having to let Saul in, like he knows his whole carefree weekend is gone. I also love, nonsarcastically, what David wears at home. My dad is like that, still. Starts every day with a collared shirt and pressed trousers. David Estes would love to be this sure about things – sure about what to tell the VP (nice moment to remind us this week that he's a dick) and straightforward about having Carrie back. His "I feel like a heel" is just so…David Estes.
And Carrie being herself, showing all the others how it's done, gets us into the bar and then, when anyone else would rest, thinking they'd done a good job, up into Brody's room where without much provocation at all, he admits to his dark side. Because he underestimates her? Because he trusts her? Or because, on some level, he really wants Carrie to understand him?
I have heard Carrie and Brody referred to as a "Doomed Love Affair" and I get what the attraction is. They are cut from the same cloth, similar as they are in their pursuits of what's right even when everyone around them thinks they're insane? They don't feel to me like an even match though. While Carrie's failings are right out there in public – as Quinn says, if some guy made me get my brain zapped, I'd flay him – Brody's are hidden. In fact, the only people who know exactly how incompetent he is really? We, the audience. I can't wait for everyone else to find out, now that the show has thrown itself on its ear by having Brody captured, hood and all, at the end of episode four!
And so I can't really say much about Dana, who's moving on from romance with a bad boy to one who might really be injured, because what can you say? No matter how sweetly a romance starts, up in the Washington Monument with their two faces floating beautifully over the district, well, it can't end well, right? When one's father so cruelly betrays the other, oh, and a little terrorism thrown in for good measure? Then what's going to happen? Are we going to start caring about Dana only to see her in danger? She looks so disillusioned, but her face is so innocent – she can still be hurt, you know?
It's interesting how many people can still be hurt. Jessica doesn't think she can, but she doesn't know what's coming for her. Ditto Mike, who doesn't even realize how much he's covering up for. And then there's Lauder. F*cking Lauder. If this were a different, terrible, Scooby-Doo type of show, we'd have Brody going "And YOU, Lauder. You're always messing up my plans", Moustache twirl, evil cackle. But jokes aside, why do you think he's the one who can recognize that Brody's so different? Is it because he has the least invested in him being well and fine? Or that he knows what it's like to be so changed? Can he recognize the signs? It's not that interesting to watch Mike and Lauder be five steps behind everyone else, including Dana, but I have to believe the Tom stuff will come into play somehow?
So. Carrie loved Brody, maybe was the only one who really understood him, but she's about to be a major player in his demise. As they kick their search for Nazir into higher gear ("That's racial profiling." "It's actual profiling."), does she have a whole new set of skills hse can bring out, high on the fact that she was right? Or, given that we're only a third of the way through the season, is there still plenty of opportunity for Carrie to fall?


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A fourfold leaflet from Village Inn arrives in my mailbox. I haven't thought about V.I. for years. It's not that I lie in bed at night willfully not thinking of Village Inn the way some people lie in bed willfully not thinking of shark attacks. V.I. is just another franchise sign on a stick that rolls by like telephone wire.
But something happens when I gaze at the flyer. A family of four—flaxen-haired, fun-loving—is taking their morning repast in a V.I. dining room. On the table and in the background, breakfast awaits and many things sparkle: shimmering pitchers of syrup, gleaming glasses of orange juice and milk, a pie case aglow with golden crusts, haloed meringues and stage-lit creams. It's like paradise. Everyone in this breakfast idyll, server included, seems happy. And everyone but Dad is blond. Dad has brown hair.
It makes me feel funny, their happiness.
Could it be that each of them has, in his or her own manner, attained Carl Jung's five elements of well-being? Physical fitness, good relationships, mindfulness of beauty, satisfactory work and a philosophical answer to suffering and adversity?
It's hard to say, really, without more to go on.
I open the flyer.
Inside I find more Nordic types pointing at the pie case and dining family-style. But who cares? This is all Dullsville now next to the eye-popping pictures of V.I.'s offerings—lustrous sausage-shaped sausages; strawberry-red strawberry crepes; bacony Marcel waves of bacon; clip-art-perfect eggs—all in German farmhand-sized portions. Waxen and beautiful.
Hunger passes to alarm passes to hunger. I am alarmed at the soullessness of this soul food. It has become otherworldly, characterless in its idealization. Still, I want to devour it. What is happening? I go to the V.I. website—to learn more, to learn why I feel this way—and am greeted by four mysteriously levitating, swirly twirly pies. How that's possible, I don't know. But it torments me. I click on "About V.I."
Shimmering pitchers of syrup, gleaming glasses of orange juice and milk, a pie case aglow with golden crusts, haloed meringues and stage-lit creams. It's like paradise.
Three claims catch my eye:
1) Village Inn pies won 45 ribbons at the 2008 American Pie Competition. (Easy enough to prove, I guess.)
2) The Local Yokel Burger is an "eggstravagant experience." (Could be true depending on your access to the finer things in life, such as eggs.)
3) V.I. provides "Good Food and Good Feelings at a reasonable price." (The most sensational claim of all and one I dearly want to believe and discredit at the same time.)
What is V.I.'s game exactly? And why do I so badly want to go there?
If I've eaten there before, I don't remember it. American diner mega-franchises merge in my memory, like one fever dream of colossal laminated menus, tall stacks and clinking cutlery.
I think about those four levitating pies. To mystics and numerologists the number four denotes stability, predictability and fulfillment. Conversely, it can symbolize stagnation, paralysis, intransigence.
Something is coming together now—we seek stability, security, predictable environments and menu fixedness to feel some sense of control over a dangerous, debauched and changing world. We seek four pies. We seek sparkling clean tabletops. We seek material and social order (of the golden-locked family variety).
The avoidance of change is ultimately avoidance of time moving forward. The inevitable result of time moving forward is death.
Could all of the funny feelings I've been having relate to my fear of dying? Or rather, my temptation to give in to a lotus- (read: pancake-) eating oblivion? Rather than face the messiness, the whiplash, the uncertainty of life (which a person would do if she realized we have just one brief crack at it), should I burrow my face in a coconut cream pie?
"50 Years of Serving America What America Wants," the leaflet says, which may indicate that Village Inn is nothing more than a collective projection of the insecure, death-dodging American psyche—and the leaflet-writers know it.
I click back to the swirly twirly pies.
I don't know how it happened, but I'm sitting in a booth at the V.I. on Yale by the Sunport. I look around. The staff is ethnically diverse, as is the clientele. Not many blonds to speak of. Isn't this odd, I think. I have stepped into Village Inn, yet remained in Albuquerque.
I see a wisp of pocket lint on the floor and notice that the restaurant, though clean, is not immaculate.
I stuff my maw with hash browns, bacon strips, strawberry crepes and two eggs over hard. The hash browns are overdone and papery; the crepe, too, is slightly overcooked. The bacon is twiggy and black in spots. What I sense is this: It matters not. It's still bacon. At least it's authentic. Rather than disappointment, I feel relief: Village Inn is real and marches forward in time—despite what the flyer would have us believe. It will not deliver us from death.
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Any day, we should have had them in SA, that ODI series was tighter than any one cares to say. Reckon NZ would be decent money for the trophy itself let alone beating a Saffie team in the sub-continent.
Haha...lets see will Aussies defend their title or will they chicken out again.
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Yeah interesting that it's in Pakistan, I'm hoping for cricket's sake that things get better over there.
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The one thing is that the dew always afffects day and night games in Pakistan to a huge extent. The toss could end being extremely crucial in this tournament.....
I think dew plays a bigger role there compared to even day and night games in India... Not sure exactly. Maybe some one with better knowledge in geography and geology and climatic conditions can correct me here, but does the fact Pakistan is not bordered by water play any part in the amount of dew we see over there?
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Funny thing is, the dew in Pakistan tends to have the same effect all the time, whereas in India (and also Sri Lanka), it varies.
In India, it's resulted both in conditions becoming crazily seam-friendly and in bowling becoming very difficult due to the wet ball (and sometimes it's also had no notable effect). In Pakistan, always it seems to be the latter - the non-bracketed latter. In India it generally seems to depend on time of year - in October, it's more often a case of seam-friendliness, in March, more often sopping-ball-syndrome. Whereas in Sri Lanka it more often seems to vary from venue to venue regardless of time of year - in Dambulla day\nighters always make seam-friendly into very seam-friendly, whereas in Columbo day\nighters the night never seems to have much effect.
Does anyone know, also, what time the games in the Champions Trophy will start at? I've seen games in Pakistan that've tended to be starting at 1PM, but then also games that start at 10AM (earlier than a day game would start over here ). These decisions seem to have been influenced by the dew, but starting earlier has never seemed to me to solve any problems at all.
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The Legislature is now in full swing. Committees are hearing many bills. Some now are reaching the floor and sessions are getting longer. But it will still be almost a month before the pace gets frantic in the final week of the session.
The first bill to reach the governor's office for a signature always is the "feed bill," which finances the session. No one gets paid until that is signed.
An early bill to reach Gov. Susana Martinez's desk may be the informed consent bill that controls the liability of suppliers. The present tenant, Virgin Galactic already is covered but the two year delay in getting coverage for others has meant that Virgin Galactic still is our only tenant, and an unhappy one. It expected a bustling scene with many other space companies flying out of there.
In order to try to keep Virgin from alleging breach of contract, the bill it wants was introduced the first day of the session and may be to the governor's desk by the time you read this.
Trial lawyers are taking a big hit for the two year delay. They don't like to see liability limited. Gov. Martinez has to shoulder her share of blame for not keeping the project going at the same break-neck speed of the previous governor. Chalk that up to a steep learning curve.
Gov. Martinez's steep learning curve may also have been a factor with the film business. The Albuquerque Journal reports that Moviemaker Magazine ranked Albuquerque as the best location in the nation to make movies back in 2010, former Gov. Bill Richardson's last year in office. Since then, the city has fallen to second, third and now 8th best city to make movies.
The magazine reports that financial incentives have been the major factor in the change of rankings. New Mexico has dropped its incentives while other states have raised theirs. Of even more harm to our state is that we have talked of lowering our incentives even further.
State leaders are warming to the film business but the slide is likely to continue while the governor and Legislature continue to study whether the incentives are worth the cost.
Another problem is that this governor doesn't have the hustle of our previous governor. Film lobbyists report that studio executives can't get in to see the governor when they come to New Mexico. Gov. Richardson not only saw them, he invited them to the governor's residence and did some arm twisting.
President Obama has been criticized recently for being too much of a homebody.
He prefers to spend evenings with his family rather than inviting people he can influence over to the house to enjoy the many entertainment activities the White House offers. It may be the same problem is occurring in New Mexico
Chief executives are free to do anything they want with their residence but it can be used as a ticket to private, informal conversations that might help move an agenda.
Also on the governor's agenda again are bills to hold back third graders who can't pass a standardized reading test and not issuing driver's licenses to unauthorized immigrants.
Reportedly, Democratic leaders are agreeable to compromises that will give the governor everything she says she wants. For two years now, she has insisted on getting everything exactly as she proposes.
Ironically, the Illinois Legislature recently passed legislation allowing driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants. Illinois sees it as a public safety issue. Gov. Martinez believes just the opposite.
Recently however, Gov. Martinez has given some indication that she might be willing to do a little compromising. What does that mean? Is she getting practical? Is she tired of losing?
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The Easton Historical Society will honor the 1945 Oliver Ames football team, which was the first team in school history to go undefeated, on Sunday.
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"The ball sailed over the fullback, and he (Ken Hurley) broke through the line and the ball bounced right to him," said Larry Hurley, Ken's teammate and younger brother.
Despite a clean breakaway on the turnover, referees called the play back after the elder Hurley took the ball into the end zone.
"Back then, you couldn't advance a fumble," said Larry Hurley, who played offensive and defensive tackle on the team.
The play was the first of two Oliver Ames touchdowns called back during the game. The second was a rushing touchdown by Walter Holmes that was reversed after one of the other Oliver Ames players was ruled offside.
Later in the game, defensive back Charles Christenson would score Oliver Ames' only points when he intercepted a pass and returned 65 yards for a touchdown. It would be enough to force a 6-6 tie with Stetson, who would go on to become the Class D champions that season.
While the country was still riding high on the Allies' recent victory in World War II, a group of young men in Easton were launching their own victory campaign as the 1945 Oliver Ames football team would become the first in school history to have an undefeated season. Their record was 4-0-4.
The Easton Historical Society, which periodically honors local teams or athlete of historical significance, will be honoring the team at 2 p.m. on Sunday, 69 years after the team's historic accomplishment.
"This is the team that really started to turn the corner (for Oliver Ames football)," said Frank Mennino, the curator of the society.
Prior to the 1945 season, the history of Oliver Ames football had been up-and-down, but mostly down, including with a winless season in 1944 when the team went 0-7-1.
A number of the surviving players from the team, including Larry Hurley and quarterback Robert "Buddy" Wooster are expected to be at the event on Sunday.
However, Wooster almost never joined the 1945 Shoveltowners, as the team was known back then.
"I didn't go out for the team until after the practice sessions started," Wooseter said, adding that he had to get permission from his father who thought he was too small to play.
Wooster began the season as the team's back-up quarterback, but found himself in the starting role after the starting quarterback got married and left the team.
Although Wooster was able to step in and fill the hole, Larry Hurley, said that not many players tried out for football in those days.
However, the team's coach, Peter Sperandio, was able to recruit young talent by introducing students to the game early.
"When we were in junior high, he (Sperandio) didn't have many kids out for football, so he recruited some of the kids from the junior high school to come out and learn the game," Hurley said.
Sperandio could also often be a hands-on couch, said Hurley, who remembers multiple instances when Sperandio would strap on a helmet and jump into a drill.
The team turned out to be a rugged group of overachievers that often toppled or tied teams a league above them.
"We were a Class D team because back then there was only like 5,000 people in the whole town," Hurley said. "Five of the teams we played were Class C."
Those teams were Canton, Bridgewater, Mansfield, Middleboro and Scituate.
The team would also feature four members of the Oliver Ames Athletic Hall of Fame: Christenson, Kenneth Hurley, linebacker Robert Larson and Wooster.
At the end of the 1945 season, Wooster said a group of parents formed a committee and organized a big banquet for the team, and both Wooster and Hurley said that members of the team remain close friends to this day.
Over the course of their lives, Wooster and Hurley have watched the game evolve with major changes taking place since their undefeated season.
"Anybody that played on our team would get killed if we played the kids today. They are just so much bigger and stronger," Wooster said. "We're talking about linemen who weighed 140-145 pounds (in 1945)."
Equipment and safety are two other areas in which the game has grown, Hurley said.
"We had leather helmets. There were no facemasks," said Hurley. "We didn't know anything about concussions. Of course they happened back then, but you had a headache, took a couple aspirin, and that was it."


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The largest curtain of falling water on earth
The Victoria Falls, also known as Mosi-Oa-Tunya - "the smoke that thunders".
The falls were named after Queen Victoria by the Scottish explorer David Livingstone, who visited in 1855.
The area is comprised of 2 national parks, the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia and the Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe.
On the Zambezi River, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe, southern Africa.
Area & Why
On average, 5.5 million cubic metres of water per minute plummet over the edge over an edge spanning 1.7 kilometres (1 mile), into deep basalt gorges over 100 metres below.
The Falls are rivalled only by South America's Iguazu Falls. But whilst Iguazu is divided into over 270 (relatively) small falls and cataracts, Victoria is just on massive mile long sheet of falling water. This has earned it the distinction being classified by many as one of the 7 wonders of the natural world.
The Falls were inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1989.


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Stanford Sweep Their Own Invitational
Sept. 26, 2010
Courtesy of Stanford Athletics
Stanford, Calif. - In the first big race of the season for the Stanford cross-country team, the Cardinal showed that it will be a force to reckoned with this season by sweeping both races. The No. 1 Cardinal men scored just 31 points in defeating a pair of ranked teams, while the No. 14 Cardinal women cruised to a victory with 41 points.
"I was really pleased with both teams," said head coach Jason Dunn. "They did a really good job of running and competing as a team together."
The Cardinal men looked strong throughout, running as a team and building strength over the 8,000-meter course. Last season's national runner-up, David McNeil of Northern Arizona, took the race out hard, but instead of following him, Stanford hung back and ran as a team. Chris Derrick, Elliott Heath and Jacob Riley ran shoulder to shoulder, controlling the pace of the chase group.
The Cardinal battled with No. 15 Arkansas for the team title, but pulled away over the last three kilometers. Stanford finished with a 31-43 advantage over the Razorbacks, despite it being much closer midway through the race. No. 4 Northern Arizona placed third with 125 points, but did not run its full `A' team.
Derrick ran with McNeil at the NCAA meet last year, but instead of trying for an early season showdown, chose to help pace with his teammates. McNeil built a lead of as much as 30 seconds, but the Stanford crew closed hard over the final three kilometers and finished just four seconds back. Heath, Riley and Derrick placed 2-3-4, all with identical times of 23:22.
Placing just out of the lead group was Benjamin Johnson who was eighth. Johnson hung with the leaders most of the way and closed hard to finish with a time of 23:41.
Rounding out the scoring runners was Miles Unterreiner who placed 15th with a time of 24:05. He finished side by side with Stanford freshman Erik Olson, who ran unattached.
Other runners in the top 25 for Stanford were Andrew Berberick and J.T. Sullivan who finished 24th and 25th. They ran identical times of 24:26.
In addition to Olson, the Cardinal got great runs from unattached freshmen, Graham Bazzell and Micheal Atchoo who placed 37th and 55th. Redshirt freshman Tyler Stutzman placed 50th, running with a Stanford jersey for the first time.
After placing third last season in her first collegiate race, Kathy Kroeger was even better this season, taking the individual title. The sophomore covered the 6,000-meter course in 20:06 defeat Deborah Maier of California by four seconds.
"It was a great first race for Kathy," added Dunn. "She has come in really fit."
Finishing as Stanford's No. 2 runner was Georgia Griffin who placed fifth overall with a time of 20:45. Griffin placed 12th each of the last two years and ran the fastest 6K time of her career.
The next four Cardinal runners were packed tightly together, finishing between 10th and 15th. Placing 10th and 12th were a pair of young runners, sophomore Alex Dunne and freshman Jessica Tonn. Dunne ran 21:02, while Tonn was just behind in 21:05. Veterans Alex Gits and Stephanie Marcy placed 14th and 15th with time of 21:12 and 21:14.
The seventh Stanford runner was Tate Murray, but she ran unattached, making Emilie Amaro the actual No. 7. Amaro placed 41st in 22:01, while Murray was 37th in 22:01. Madeline Duhon just missed the top seven, placing 42nd, just one second behind Amaro.
Overall it was a great day for both Cardinal teams, establishing themselves as national contenders. It was a good mix of returning runners showing continued improvement as well as several freshmen breaking onto the scene and performing well.
"The freshmen really stepped up," said Dunn. "Jessica Tonn ran great and our men's freshmen class is going to be really good."
The Cardinal will not compete for three weeks and next be seen at the Pre-National meet in Terre Haute, Ind., on October 16. The annual preview of the NCAA course will be a great chance to see how the Cardinal stack up against the rest of the nation.


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Cumbrians denied late on
Stuart Lewis struck in stoppage time as Wycombe left it late again before rescuing a point in a 1-1 draw against promotion-chasing Carlisle.
The Cumbrians took the lead in fortunate circumstances when Jon-Paul McGovern's second-half strike hit the bar and rebounded in off Grant Basey.
But the Chairboys, who grabbed a point in injury time against MK Dons and Stevenage, struck late on for the third successive game as Lewis cut the gap to safety to a single point.
Carlisle could have taken the lead in the second minute but Nikki Bull was equal to Francois Zoko's low strike, and they were claiming a penalty after the break when Liam Noble burst through and appeared to be brought down by Chris Hackett.
The protests were forgotten soon after when McGovern's strike cannoned off the bar and bounced over the line off the unfortunate Basey to hand Carlisle a 62nd-minute lead.
But just as the Cumbrians looked set to cement their place in the play-offs with another three points, Lewis squeezed his 91st-minute shot home.
Wycombe 1-1 Carlisle: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.
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Grizzlies Hope to Continue Title Run
Adams State has built a reputation as one of the nation's premier cross country programs, and the Grizzlies will once again be vying for the Division II men's and women's titles.
The women's squad has won the last two NCAA titles and 10 championships since 1992, while the men's team finished second to Western State last year with their last NCAA title coming in 2003. The men's team has won five NCAA trophies since 1992.
"The expectation is to win every year," said head coach Damon Martin. "It's not that we're going to win every year, but certainly at the beginning of the year the expectation is to try to win."
Martin credits the dedication of Adams State administrators and hard work by his student-athletes with making the program into one of Division II's finest.
"The school has really been supportive of our cross country and track and field programs " here at Adams State it's a first tier program," said Martin. "There are a lot of kids, when they're recruited, that want to come to a program where they can be a part of something like that. When they come to school here, kids have an expectation of being part of a first-rate program and they're excited to come in and work hard and be a part of that."
The women's team returns five runners from the varsity squad, including seniors Emily Mortensen and Victoria Martinez. Mortensen placed 11th in last year's NCAA Championship, and was the Grizzlies top performer in 2003 with a fourth-place finish. Martinez led Adams State to the 2004 title with a fifth-place finish and she also captured the DMR and 800 meters NCAA titles at the 2005 Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The men's squad has three returning athletes from its 2004 national runner-up team, including Jesus Solis who finished seventh in the championship. Senior Reid Ellis, who finished 15th at nationals last year, and junior Aucencio Martinez, who took second place in the 1,500 meters at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, are also returning from last season's varsity team.
"We lost some good kids last year, but we also return some good kids (on the men's side)," said Martin. "I would say there are several that are possible leaders of the team. Jesus Solis had a good summer of training and is looking very good. Mario Macias is a guy that redshirted last year and has looked very, very good in the summer. The kids have worked really hard this summer, so hopefully by the end of the year they could be a team that has a shot of being one of those top two or three teams."
The Grizzlies have off-season conditioning which begins early in the summer with several student-athletes staying near campus in Alamosa, Colo., to train together.
"If they don't come (into preseason practice) in shape, then it's not very likely they'll make the team," said Martin. "Our summer training program starts June 1, and since then, these kids have probably run anything from 80 to 100 miles a week over the course of the summer. The dedication and training doesn't start at (preseason) camp. If they haven't done that (gotten into shape) by the time we start practice, then we have no shot to win."
The women's program has a shot to set the record for most team NCAA Championships won this year. They currently share the record of 10 with Cal Poly SLO.
"Every year, I've been very insistent to the kids that they're going out trying to win a title, not to defend one," said Martin. "It's not something that's in our control until they own it. I try to keep them focused on the process of what it's going to take to win, not so much the rewards they'll reap from winning."
The Grizzlies will start that process on Sept. 3 when they host the Joe I. Vigil Open at the Cattails Golf Course in Alamosa.


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and the flowers cannot be more lovely this year.
|Dogwood and Azaleas
so on my UFO list they went.
I am sure you have heard of other Jewel Box patterns and blocks,
this one just happens to use D9P blocks and was a lot of fun.
This waited for two days...
This is my third feathered star and they do not get easier,
just more understandable.
as everyone thinks outside of the box.
Happiness Along your April Journey and may it be Delightful


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OWASP in Action: Tools for the DISA ASD STIG
The presentationOWASP Software Assurance Day at the | 13th Annual Software Assurance Forum.
The speaker
Jason Li is a Principal Consultant for Aspect Security where he has performed numerous ASD STIG validation tests of a variety of applications. In addition, he performs application security assessments and architecture reviews, as well as application security training, to a wide variety of financial and government customers. Jason is an active OWASP leader, contributing to several OWASP projects and serving as Co-Chair of the OWASP Global Projects Committee. He holds a Post-Masters certificate in Computer Science and concentration in Information Security from Johns Hopkins University and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) provides Security Implementation Technical Guides (STIGs) to cover the gamut of systems dev elopement. The Application Security and Development (ASD) STIG first issued in 2006 and the most recent issuance came out in April 2010. This STIG applies to all DOD developed, architected, and administered applications. There are a 157 different STIG rules, some are very broad, others very specific, and some are complex. It is easy to get lost in the weeds. Some are harder to test than others. There are procedural, configuration, and standards requirements. OWASP is explicitly called out as a resource in the ASD STIG checklist; see the OWASP documentation projects and they are free. The OWASP Top Ten Project lines up well with the ASP STIG; there are 33 Category One STIG flaws most of which in the top 10.
Li reviewed the STIG requirements and related OWASP tools and methods. There is no "gold disk" for the ASD STIG. However, the OWASP Live CD Education Project could be used if some one were to contribute a mapping of the tools with the STIG. Some of the requirements Jason reviewed include: OWASP DirBuster can in part address APP3620 Information Disclosure. APP5080 Code Review is covered by the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS). APP6130 Systems Monitoring would be met by the OWASP AppSensor Project. APP5100 Fuzz Testing can be met by the OWASP JBroFuzz Project and the OWASP WSFuzzer Project.
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So I thought I'd give you a quick update on some very important deadlines. (And read closely…there's a giveaway at stake!)
The cookbook manuscript is due July 1.
It is almost finished. I will spend some time this week, adding some last minute finesse. There is not a doubt in my mind that I'll get it to my editor by my deadline…if not early.
But that other deadline still looms.
It is fast approaching. I'll show you.
Hey Mom, check it out. I'm up on all fours. (Said in a mocking baby tone.)
Now watch this Mom…I can rock back and forth too. (He's totally mocking me now.)
(And that's just all mocking there.)
So far, so good. Not crawling yet. But he wants too…badly…as you can see by the look on his face. Little stinker!
What do you think?!? Will he be crawling by July 1st?!
To make this fun…I'll be giving away a copy of The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook AND a copy of The $5 Dinner Mom's Breakfast and Lunch Cookbook (when it comes out) to the person who guesses the closest time and date that Tyler will start crawling.
Definition of first time crawling: Moving arms and legs in such a way to move him forward (not backwards!).
Only 1 entry per person please.
Entries will be closed on Wednesday, June 23rd at 9 am EST. Entries closed.
Winner announced after Tyler starts crawling!
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Barely visible at the bottom right is half of an algae wafer.
Motoring around to the left is my beautiful Blue Diamond guppy - Blue Diamond Philips, with his distinctive red splash at the start of his tail on the top near where it joins his body.
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Julie Chen has five good reasons why her daytime show, "The Talk," continues to gain viewers in its third season.
"The single-host [daytime] format does feel dated and obsolete for a few reasons," says Chen, who'll be in New York next week with "Talk" mates Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler for five shows airing from the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th.
"If it's a good topic it's been done by Oprah [Winfrey]," says Chen. "Why do you think she hung it up? Her last few seasons featured a lot of celebrity interviews because, in terms of issues, she covered it all for 25 years, five days a week.
"We're five very different people, but all relatable in different ways to different people," she says. "We're smart, bawdy and bold and we say things that are not considered polite dinner conversation — but things we'd say to our cousin or best friend . . . what ladies do when they get together for lunch or at the beauty shop or at an all-girls weekend."
Chen believes "The Talk" has experienced significant ratings growth — it's averaging over 2.3 million viewers, up 16 percent from last season — because its hosts offer diverse viewpoints in a "something for everyone" approach.
But finding that mix wasn't so easy. "The Talk" jettisoned original co-hosts Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete after its first season, with Tyler and Underwood joining last year.
"What I strongly believe is that you have to find the right TV personalities to gel as a team on the air, which is a very difficult thing to capture," says Chen.
"There are a multitude of reasons, but ego is the biggest reason — and what you have with us five ladies is that we all have egos, but we know how to bring out the best in each other.
"We're not in competition with each other," she says. "That's a very difficult thing with on-air personalities, whether they're on-air news anchors or talk show hosts. You have to function as a team . . . and you never know the chemistry until you're in it. It's like dating.
"When Aisha sat down, it was 'game over' — she fit and it felt right," Chen says. "And Sheryl fit from Day One. They knew how to fall into place and listen — and not every person who's put under the title of 'talent' knows how to listen."
"The Talk" has also been helped by the across-the-board strength of CBS's daytime lineup.
"Unlike any other network, all of CBS daytime is up," says Angelica McDaniel, who was a director on "The Talk" before being promoted to senior VP of Daytime for CBS.
"We have five personalities on 'The Talk' — and, at the end of the day, talent is what really makes or breaks a show," McDaniel says.
"This is a group of women who have undeniable chemistry and are smart — but aren't afraid to make fun of themselves and have a good laugh."
"The Talk" airs 2 p.m. on Ch. 2.